THE Department of Health has reported a further 124 cases in the North of Ireland in the last 24 hours.
That’s a rise of 45 on figures given yesterday for Sunday.
There has been one further death from the deadly virus with the death toll, mostly in hospitals across the North, now at 2,136.
In the past week, the Department has recorded 790 new cases of Coronavirus.
There has been a further 31 positive cases in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area in the past 24 hours, a rise of 11 on the previous day.
Within the past week there have been a further 171 COVID-19 cases in the Derry and Strabane area – the highest number of new cases in any of the 11 council’s here.
That means that since the pandemic started in March there have now been 12,057 positive cases within the council boundary – the fourth highest among all 11 councils in the North.
The rate of infection within the Derry and Strabane council area is now up to 113.5 cases per 100,000, the highest in the North of Ireland.
The Department has recorded a total of 135 coronavirus deaths within the Derry and Strabane council area to date – the third lowest out of all councils here.
Bed occupancy across all hospitals is now up to 98 per cent.
There are currently 71 patients in hospital with Coronavirus, nine of whom are being treated in intensive care with six patients on ventilators.
Two care homes are now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak with a further 649 concluded Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes.
